1959 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 984,102, Avg. 13,563
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Pinky Higgins (31-42)
Manager: Rudy York (0-1)
Manager: Billy Jurges (44-36)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1959 Boston Red Sox Roster
1959 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1959 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Red Sox plated 726 runs and yielded 696 runs. Jackie Jensen paced Boston with 28 home runs, and Frank Malzone walloped 20 or more, too. Jackie Jensen drove in 112 runs. Pete Runnels led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .314. Jerry Casale topped the squad with 13 wins, while Ike Delock recorded a 2.95 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Pinky Higgins, Rudy York and Billy Jurges coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Jerry Casale	13	8	.619	4.31	31	26	1	9	3	0	179.7	162	89	86	20	89	3	93	5	0	7	779
Ike Delock	11	6	.647	2.95	28	17	5	4	0	0	134.3	120	53	44	12	62	1	55	2	1	2	585
Tom Brewer	10	12	.455	3.76	36	32	2	11	3	2	215.3	219	96	90	14	88	5	121	2	0	11	927
Frank Sullivan	9	11	.450	3.95	30	26	1	5	2	1	177.7	172	86	78	17	67	2	107	7	1	2	751
Bill Monbouquette	7	7	.500	4.15	34	17	3	4	0	0	151.7	165	86	70	15	33	1	87	3	0	3	631
Frank Baumann	6	4	.600	4.05	26	10	8	2	0	1	95.7	96	47	43	11	55	3	48	1	0	2	432
Mike Fornieles	5	3	.625	3.07	46	0	26	0	0	11	82.0	77	29	28	6	29	3	54	1	0	2	342
Nelson Chittum	3	0	1.000	1.19	21	0	13	0	0	0	30.3	29	9	4	0	11	2	12	0	1	0	124
Leo Kiely	3	3	.500	4.20	41	0	23	0	0	7	55.7	67	26	26	8	18	3	30	1	0	1	249
Jack Harshman	2	3	.400	6.57	8	2	3	0	0	0	24.7	29	19	18	2	10	0	14	0	0	0	114
Ted Wills	2	6	.250	5.27	9	8	1	2	0	0	56.3	68	35	33	9	24	2	24	1	0	3	254
Murray Wall	1	1	.500	5.71	11	0	8	0	0	0	17.3	26	11	11	2	11	2	6	0	0	1	86
Earl Wilson	1	1	.500	6.08	9	4	3	0	0	0	23.7	21	17	16	2	31	0	17	0	0	1	122
Al Schroll	1	4	.200	4.70	14	5	4	1	0	0	46.0	47	29	24	3	22	1	26	1	0	2	203
Murray Wall	1	4	.200	5.40	15	0	11	0	0	3	31.7	31	21	19	5	15	4	8	1	0	1	135
Dave Sisler	0	0		6.75	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.7	9	5	5	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	30
Ted Bowsfield	0	1	.000	15.00	5	2	1	0	0	0	9.0	16	15	15	2	9	0	4	0	0	0	50
Herb Moford	0	2	.000	11.42	4	2	1	0	0	0	8.7	10	11	11	3	6	0	7	0	0	0	41
Billy Hoeft	0	3	.000	5.60	5	3	0	0	0	0	17.7	22	12	11	1	8	1	8	1	0	0	83
Totals	75	79	.487	4.17	376	154	116	38	8	25	1364.0	1386	696	632	135	589	33	724	26	3	38	5938

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Pete Runnels	147	661	560	95	176	33	6	6	57	6	5	95	48	.314	.415	.427	.841	239	17	1	5	0	1
Frank Malzone	154	660	604	90	169	34	2	19	92	6	0	42	58	.280	.323	.437	.760	264	15	1	3	10	6
Jackie Jensen	148	636	535	101	148	31	0	28	112	20	5	88	67	.277	.372	.492	.863	263	20	0	1	12	3
Don Buddin	151	589	485	75	117	24	1	10	53	6	1	92	99	.241	.366	.357	.723	173	7	5	5	2	0
Sammy White	119	405	377	34	107	13	4	1	42	4	2	23	39	.284	.324	.347	.672	131	14	1	1	3	6
Gary Geiger	120	360	335	45	82	10	4	11	48	9	3	21	55	.245	.289	.397	.686	133	5	0	3	1	0
Dick Gernert	117	352	298	41	78	14	1	11	42	1	2	52	49	.262	.369	.426	.795	127	11	0	0	2	3
Gene Stephens	92	310	270	34	75	13	1	3	39	5	2	29	33	.278	.353	.367	.720	99	3	4	4	3	0
Ted Williams	103	331	272	32	69	15	0	10	43	0	0	52	27	.254	.372	.419	.791	114	7	2	0	5	6
Vic Wertz	94	273	247	38	68	13	0	7	49	0	0	22	32	.275	.337	.413	.750	102	5	2	0	2	5
Marty Keough	96	285	251	40	61	13	5	7	27	3	1	26	40	.243	.320	.418	.739	105	3	3	4	1	0
Pumpsie Green	50	207	172	30	40	6	3	1	10	4	2	29	22	.233	.350	.320	.670	55	1	2	4	0	0
Pete Daley	65	183	169	9	38	7	0	1	11	1	1	13	31	.225	.279	.284	.563	48	0	0	0	1	1
Jim Busby	61	110	102	16	23	8	0	1	5	0	1	5	18	.225	.266	.333	.599	34	3	1	1	1	0
Frank Sullivan	30	69	60	2	12	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	15	.200	.210	.217	.426	13	1	0	7	1	0
Bobby Avila	22	51	45	7	11	0	0	3	6	0	0	6	11	.244	.333	.444	.778	20	3	0	0	0	0
Jerry Casale	31	68	59	7	10	2	0	3	9	0	0	5	21	.169	.234	.356	.590	21	0	0	4	0	0
Tom Brewer	47	80	72	7	8	0	0	1	5	2	0	1	16	.111	.123	.153	.276	11	2	0	7	0	0
Frank Baumann	26	32	29	0	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	13	.207	.258	.276	.534	8	0	0	1	0	0
Earl Wilson	9	8	8	0	4	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	6	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Mallett	4	16	15	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.267	.313	.267	.579	4	1	0	0	0	0
Ted Wills	9	19	16	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.250	.294	.375	.669	6	0	0	2	0	0
Billy Consolo	10	17	14	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.214	.313	.286	.598	4	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Fornieles	46	19	19	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.158	.158	.211	.368	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Mahoney	31	26	23	10	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	7	.130	.231	.261	.492	6	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Monbouquette	35	51	46	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	28	.065	.104	.065	.169	3	0	0	3	0	0
Ike Delock	28	55	47	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	24	.064	.120	.128	.248	6	0	0	5	0	0
Don Gile	3	12	10	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.250	.300	.550	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Renna	14	27	22	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	9	.091	.259	.091	.350	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Sisler	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Lepcio	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Nelson Chittum	21	6	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	2	0	0	1	0	0
Jack Harshman	9	11	7	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.143	.300	.143	.443	1	0	0	1	1	0
Al Schroll	14	13	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	4	.111	.273	.222	.495	2	0	0	2	0	0
Herb Plews	13	12	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.083	.083	.167	.250	2	1	0	0	0	0
Ted Bowsfield	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Hoeft	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Kiely	41	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Murray Wall	15	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haywood Sullivan	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
Herb Moford	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Murray Wall	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2012	5985	5225	726	1335	248	28	125	678	68	25	626	810	.256	.335	.385	.721	2014	120	23	65	46	31

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Dick Gernert	1B	75	54	526.0	552	49	3	54	.995	1.283	8.013	0	0	0	0
Vic Wertz	1B	64	56	456.7	440	38	4	44	.992	9.420	7.469	0	0	0	0
Pete Runnels	1B	44	42	363.3	387	28	0	48	1.000	1.280	9.432	0	0	0	0
Marty Keough	1B	3	2	18.0	17	0	0	1	1.000	8.500	5.667	0	0	0	0
Pete Runnels	2B	101	101	872.3	273	272	10	82	.982	5.623	5.396	0	0	0	0
Pumpsie Green	2B	45	43	389.3	109	132	7	38	.972	5.571	5.356	0	0	0	0
Bobby Avila	2B	11	9	88.0	19	20	1	8	.975	3.989	3.545	0	0	0	0
Herb Plews	2B	2	0	3.0	3	2	1	1	.833	15.000	2.500	0	0	0	0
Ted Lepcio	2B	1	0	2.3	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.857	1.000	0	0	0	0
Frank Malzone	3B	154	154	1364.0	134	357	24	40	.953	3.240	3.188	0	0	0	0
Sammy White	C	119	111	940.3	557	56	6	8	.990	5.867	5.151	7	29	30	24	44.4
Pete Daley	C	58	41	394.7	245	28	1	5	.996	6.226	4.707	6	6	5	10	66.7
Don Gile	C	3	2	25.0	17	1	0	0	1.000	6.480	6.000	0	0	2	0	0.0
Haywood Sullivan	C	2	0	4.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	2.000	0	0	0	0
Jackie Jensen	OF	146	146	1288.7	311	12	6	4	.982	2.256	2.212	0	0	0	0
Gary Geiger	OF	95	76	695.3	173	5	2	1	.989	2.304	1.874	0	0	0	0
Gene Stephens	OF	85	65	626.7	141	11	3	0	.981	2.183	1.788	0	0	0	0
Ted Williams	OF	76	75	549.3	94	4	3	0	.970	1.606	1.289	0	0	0	0
Marty Keough	OF	69	52	491.3	147	5	1	1	.993	2.784	2.203	0	0	0	0
Jim Busby	OF	34	19	197.3	49	1	1	0	.980	2.280	1.471	0	0	0	0
Dick Gernert	OF	25	20	166.3	36	2	1	0	.974	2.056	1.520	0	0	0	0
Bill Renna	OF	7	5	40.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.125	.714	0	0	0	0
Jerry Mallett	OF	4	4	37.0	14	2	0	2	1.000	3.892	4.000	0	0	0	0
Tom Brewer	P	36	32	215.3	23	49	2	1	.973	3.009	2.000	0	0	0	0
Jerry Casale	P	31	26	179.7	8	12	3	1	.870	1.002	.645	0	0	0	0
Frank Sullivan	P	30	26	177.7	15	20	2	4	.946	1.773	1.167	0	0	0	0
Bill Monbouquette	P	34	17	151.7	11	22	0	3	1.000	1.958	.971	0	0	0	0
Ike Delock	P	28	17	134.3	8	15	1	1	.958	1.541	.821	0	0	0	0
Frank Baumann	P	26	10	95.7	5	20	3	1	.893	2.352	.962	0	0	0	0
Mike Fornieles	P	46	0	82.0	5	13	1	0	.947	1.976	.391	0	0	0	0
Ted Wills	P	9	8	56.3	1	9	0	1	1.000	1.598	1.111	0	0	0	0
Leo Kiely	P	41	0	55.7	7	12	0	1	1.000	3.072	.463	0	0	0	0
Murray Wall	P	15	0	49.0	3	10	2	0	.867	2.388	.867	0	0	0	0
Al Schroll	P	14	5	46.0	0	7	1	0	.875	1.370	.500	0	0	0	0
Nelson Chittum	P	21	0	30.3	1	9	0	0	1.000	2.967	.476	0	0	0	0
Jack Harshman	P	8	2	24.7	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.095	.375	0	0	0	0
Earl Wilson	P	9	4	23.7	2	5	1	0	.875	2.662	.778	0	0	0	0
Billy Hoeft	P	5	3	17.7	4	3	0	0	1.000	3.566	1.400	0	0	0	0
Ted Bowsfield	P	5	2	9.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	.200	0	0	0	0
Herb Moford	P	4	2	8.7	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.077	.500	0	0	0	0
Dave Sisler	P	3	0	6.7	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.350	.333	0	0	0	0
Murray Wall	P	11	0	0.0	1	2	0	0	1.000		.273	0	0	0	0
Don Buddin	SS	150	145	1225.0	235	412	35	89	.949	4.753	4.313	0	0	0	0
Jim Mahoney	SS	30	6	95.0	24	39	4	5	.940	5.968	2.100	0	0	0	0
Pete Runnels	SS	9	1	25.0	3	7	0	1	1.000	3.600	1.111	0	0	0	0
Billy Consolo	SS	2	2	18.0	6	3	2	1	.818	4.500	4.500	0	0	0	0
Pumpsie Green	SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals		1791	1385	12267.0	4092	1699	131	446	.978	4.249	3.233	13	35	37	34	47.9

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